People · China
Jiayin Li (李嘉胤)
3×3 · top 1.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2026 · 2026LIJI01
Jiayin Li (李嘉胤) has been competing for 8 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.03, set at Beijing Autumn Begins 2026, puts him in the top 1.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 481st in China. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since January 2026, he has put 64 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 79% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.80 in January 2026 to 7.03, a 28% improvement. Jiayin has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.03 | 8.39 | top 1.4% | 481 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 2.15 | 3.59 | top 5.8% | 813 / 15,796 |
Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.
The line so far
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 22 Aug 2026Three personal bests in one day at Beijing Autumn Begins 2026.
- 10 Jan 2026First competition: Beijing Winter 2026. A 9.80 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Beijing Autumn Begins 2026 · 22 Aug 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Nanchang Summer 2026 · 18 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Start of Summer Beijing 2026 · 1 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Beijing Spring Open 2026 · 28 Mar 2026
- Beijing Winter 2026 · 10 Jan 2026
Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.
The circuit
The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.
- Yize Xing (邢羿泽) — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Zhenming Zhang (张振铭) — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Zizhen Li (李子贞) — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.03 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.15 away.
Targets move as he improves.